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US Border Officials Havent Verified Passport RFID Data in Over 10 Years

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U.S. border officials have been unable to verify the authenticity of data stored on passport RFID chips for more than a decade, two senators revealed Thursday.

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In a letter to Kevin McAleenan, the acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) stated that the agency has failed to purchase the software needed to ensure a passport\u2019s digital data hasn\u2019t been altered.

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\u201cIt\u2019s past time for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to take basic steps to stop passport forgery,\u201d Wyden tweeted. \u201c@clairecmc and I wrote to @CBP urging them to use digital signatures to prevent tampering and fakes.

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It\u2019s past time for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to take basic steps to stop passport forgery. @clairecmc and I wrote to @CBP urging them to use digital signatures to prevent tampering and fakes. pic.twitter.com/YclhPGhHYq

As noted in the senators\u2019 letter, e-Passports, which store cryptographically verifiable traveler information, became the standard domestically in 2007 following a U.S. government-led effort to have the technology adopted worldwide.

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Despite the U.S. requiring every visitor from countries on the visa-waiver list to have an e-Passport, the CBP \u201clacks the technical capabilities to verify e-Passport chips.\u201d